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Printing Crack‐Free Microporous Structures by Combining Additive Manufacturing with Colloidal Assembly

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To date high printing resolution and scalability, i.e., macroscale component dimensions and fast printing, are incompatible characteristics for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. It is hereby demonstrated that the combination of… Click to show full abstract

To date high printing resolution and scalability, i.e., macroscale component dimensions and fast printing, are incompatible characteristics for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. It is hereby demonstrated that the combination of direct writing as an AM process with colloidal assembly enables the breaching of this processing barrier. By tailoring printing parameters for polystyrene (PS) microparticle‐templates, how to avoid coffee ring formation is demonstrated, thus printing uniform single lines and macroscale areas. Moreover, a novel “comb”‐strategy is introduced to print macroscale, crack‐free colloidal coatings with low viscous colloidal suspensions. The printed templates are transformed into ceramic microporous channels as well as photonic coatings via atomic layer deposition (ALD) and calcination. The obtained structures reveal promising wicking capabilities and broadband reflection in the near‐infrared, respectively. This work provides guidelines for printing low viscous colloidal suspensions and highlights the advancements that this printing process offers toward novel applications of colloidal‐based printed structures.

Keywords: colloidal assembly; colloidal; crack free; additive manufacturing

Journal Title: Small Methods
Year Published: 2022

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